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Launched 2018-07-18 15:00 UTCWest Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch, Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA
Success
Reached Suborbital
Landed
NS-3 Landed
The first stage landed at Corn Ranch Landing Pad, West Texas, on its 3rd flight.
Blue Origin
2nd
launch this year
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
79 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
The third commercial flight for Blue Origin. NS-9 carried various payloads on a sub-orbital flight. It also tested the capsule escape rockets at high altitude.
Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.
Launches
41
Successful
39
95%
Landings
38
of 41
Upcoming
30
scheduled
Height
15m
Diameter
3.7m
Liftoff thrust
490kN
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